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Thursday, 1 August 2013

In November 2012 I interviewed
John Sheridan, leader of the little-known, right-wing street movement the
English Volunteer Force (EVF)[1]. Formed in July of last year, the EVF claims to
stand ‘against militant Islam, Republican terror, and the extreme-Left’, while its opponents have branded members ‘opportunistic, racist thugs’. When I spoke to John Sheridan, his group was
still in embryonic form – it was yet to hold a demonstration and was still very much in the shadow of the
English Defence League (EDL). Since then the EVF has tried to establish itself as an independent organisation and has been more active, culminating
in its recent demonstration outside Lunar House in Croydon. Last month I met up with new leader Jason Lock to find out how
the EVF has evolved over the past year, and question him on some of his
controversial viewpoints.

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

The murder of a soldier in Woolwich last week by home-grown Islamic extremists signifies a dramatic turning-point in the struggle between religious fundamentalism and the West. It has been a difficult week for the country and the question that still resonates throughout the UK is why did such atrocities happen?

Monday, 13 May 2013

The dubiously-named White Boy Posse (WBP) has been in the news recently due to a series of high-profile homicides in Western Canada being attributed to its members. In September of last year, a mother of four was fatally shot on her doorstep in Saskatoon in a case of mistaken identity, while the following October saw the murders of two men, one of whom had been decapitated – a brutal shock-tactic made infamous by radical Islamist sects and Mexican drug cartels such as Los Zetas. Members of the White Boy Posse were arrested in connection with the killings and the media has since described the syndicate as being ‘incredibly violent’, and highlighted its racist ideology and use of neo-Nazi and white supremacist insignia.

Wednesday, 8 May 2013

Most people will have heard of the
Greek organisation The People's Association – Golden Dawn, usually simplified
to Golden Dawn, but its British counterpart is almost unheard of. The Greek Golden Dawn was founded in 1980 by
ex-convict Nikolaos Michaloliakos,[1] and
is an extremist, far-right blend of populist street movement and political
organisation that has gained media coverage due to its electoral success and
violent campaigns against immigrants, ethnic minorities, and increasingly
‘left-wing’ Greek nationals. Maria Margaronis from The Guardian described it as ‘a party, a movement, a
subculture; a vigilante force; a network inside the police and the judiciary,
[whilst] Vasilis Mastrogiannis of the Democratic Left, a former senior
police officer turned politician, describes it frankly as “a criminal
organisation.”’